Fountain-pen holder.



E. F. VILKOMERSON. FOUNTAIN PEN HOLDER.

APPLICATION mum JAN. 9, 1915.

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ELIZABETH F. VILKOMERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOUNTAIN-PEN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. so, 1915.

Application filed January 9, 1915. Serial No. 1,352.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH F. V11.- KOMERSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of N ew York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFountain-Pen Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to article carrying devices, and has for itsobject the provision of means attached to a waist or other upper garmentand engageable by means attached to a fountain pen whereby the pen maybe carried in a vertical position with its point up, the invention beingespecially designed for the use of professional women such asstenographers, nurses and the like, whose garments are unprovided with asuitable pocket in which a fountain pen may be carried in the properposition convenient for use.

An important object is the provision of a hook member carried by thegarment so constructed that the pen carrying member will, when engagedupon it, be held in a rigid position and prevented from lateral swingingor tilting.

With these and other objects and advantages in view, such as simplicityand cheapness in manufacture, efficiency and durability in service, andthe general improvement of the art, the invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pen supported by my device, Fig. 2 isa rear elevation thereof, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the garmentengaging member, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the pen engagingmember.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designatesthe garment engaging member which is formed from a single piece ofmaterial, preferably metal, and provided on the rear side of its upperor bar portion 2 with a pin 3 pivoted as at 4 and having its endengageable within a catch 5. The member 1 is cut to provide a verticallyupwardly extending tongue 6 which has its end bent slightly forward asshown at 7 and is formed as a hook, its central portion. 8 being cutaway. A laterally projecting shoulder 9 is formed 011 the outer edge 10of the bight 11 of the hook at its junction with the outer edge of thetongue 6, the shoulder alining with the junction of the inner edge 12 ofthe bight with the inner edge of the tongue. This member 1 issecured tothe garment, such as a waist or the like, by means of the pin 3 and willlie substantially flat against the garment with the upper end of thetongue offset forwardly.

The pen engaging member is designated as a whole'by the numeral 13 andcomprises a single piece of material, preferably spring metal, formed asa split band 14. Formed integrally upon and extending upwardly from thetop edge of the band 14 is an ear 15 which has its end portion bentoutwardly as shown at 16 and provided with a slot 17 0f the same lengthas the width of the tongue 6. The band 14 is applied to a pen byslipping it over the body portion 18 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the bandaccommodating itself to pens of different diameters.

The pen is supported by engaging the slot 17 upon the tongue 6. Thetongue will pass through the slot until the bent portion 16 of the ear15 rests upon the shoulder 9 which will prevent the car from slippingaround on the bight 11 of the hook. As the tongue 6 is rectangular incross-section and the slot 17 rectangular the member 13 is held firmlyor in a rigid position, and consequently the pen can not turn. It willtherefore be apparent that the pen can not move in any direction exceptupwardly. As the tongue 6 and the ear 15 are offset at their ends, themember 13 is readily engaged upon the tongue, thus rendering the devicesimple and easy to use.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. The combination with a pen encircling band having an ear thereonprovided with a transverse rectangular slot, of a member adapted forattachment to a garment and comprising a body portion, an upwardlyextending tongue thereon rectangular in cross- Copies of this patent maybe obtained for comprlsing a body portion,

laterally extending shoulder at the junction of the outer edge of saidtongue with said body portion, said shoulder being engaged by said ear.7 V

In testimony whereof 1 hereto affiX my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

' ELIZABETH r. VILKOMERSON.

Witnesses:

ELIAS R. PEGK, MINNIE VILKOMERSON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents,

Washington. D. G.

